Editing DB Cargo (section)

=== German rail reform ===
At the end of the 1990s, the operational business of Deutsche Bahn was reorganised into five legally independent [[Joint-stock company|joint-stock companies]].<ref>{{Cite news |language = de |first = Dieter |last = Kuckelkorn |title = Bahn-Aufsichtsrat beschließt Holding-Struktur. |newspaper = Börsen-Zeitung |date = 6 December 1997 |page = 9}}</ref> This measure formed part of the second stage of the German rail reform.<ref>{{Cite magazine |language = de |title = Zweite Stufe der Bahnreform|magazine=Eisenbahn-Revue International |issue = 1/2 |date = 1998 |issn = 1421-2811 |page = 2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |language = de |title = Deutsche Bahn AG: Aufsichtsrat beschließt Ausgliederungen. Bahnreform wird weiter planmäßig umgesetzt. |newspaper = Handelsblatt |date = 5 December 1997 |page = 17}}</ref> Within the scope of this restructuring, a precursor company was initially established in 1997,<ref>{{Cite news |language = de |title = Bahnreform geht weiter. Erst eine GmbH für den Güterverkehr. |newspaper = Handelsblatt |date = 4 December 1996 |page = 17}}</ref> which had the purpose of facilitating a transformation of the entity's rail freight transport division structured under [[public law]] into a private enterprise company.<ref>{{Cite news |language = de |title = Güterverkehr: Neuorganisation setzt auf Eigenverantwortung. DB Cargo macht sich fit für die Selbstständigkeit.|newspaper = Handelsblatt |date = 22 April 1996 |page = 15}}</ref> Accordingly, on 1 January 1999, the company ''DB Cargo AG'' was ultimately founded to undertake these operations.<ref>{{Cite news |language = de |title = Deutsche Bahn AG: Ab 1999 nur noch Holding. Bahnreform geht in die zweite Runde. |newspaper = Handelsblatt |date = 11 December 1996 |page = 23}}</ref> The [[headquarters]] of DB Cargo AG were established in Mainz.<ref>{{Cite news |language = de |title = DB Cargo weiht Zentrale in Mainz ein. Eine der fünf Bahn AGs. |newspaper = Der Tagesspiegel |date = 9 May 1998 |page = 19}}</ref>